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Philadelphia – Jewish Sergeant Among Six American Troops Killed In Taliban Attack In Afghanistan

Philadelphia – Jewish Sergeant Among Six American Troops Killed In Taliban Attack In Afghanistan

Philadelphia – One of the American troops killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan was a 30-year-old Air Force investigator who hoped to join his… Read More ›

Sandy Hook families to share $1.5M from estate of shooter’s mother

Sandy Hook families to share $1.5M from estate of shooter’s mother

  Families of those killed during the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have finalized a $1.5 million settlement, a source with… Read More ›

Brazil warns against pregnancy due to spreading virus

Brazil warns against pregnancy due to spreading virus

Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian health officials are dishing out some unusual advice these days: Don’t get pregnant. That’s the message for would-be parents, especially in… Read More ›

UK Muslims with Disneyland plans: We were barred from plane due to religion

UK Muslims with Disneyland plans: We were barred from plane due to religion

  A Muslim man in London says his family was barred because of their religion from boarding a plane bound for Los Angeles, where they… Read More ›

Bennett calls right-wing critics of Shin Bet hypocrites

Bennett calls right-wing critics of Shin Bet hypocrites

Jewish Home party head says Duma suspects seek the destruction of Israel, should be treated as terrorists   Education Minister Naftali Bennett doubled down Wednesday… Read More ›

Foreign report says American-Israeli teen held in Duma case

Foreign report says American-Israeli teen held in Duma case

New York-based Forward newspaper names suspect; many details of case still under gag order in Israel   A New York-based Jewish newspaper named an American… Read More ›

PM blasts ‘shocking’ tape of wedding-goers feting Duma murders

PM blasts ‘shocking’ tape of wedding-goers feting Duma murders

Joining politicians from right and left condemning clip, Netanyahu says video shows ‘true face’ of far-right group, which poses ‘threat’ to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Bezeq launches digital book initiative

Bezeq launches digital book initiative

Telecom service partners with Hebrew digital book library in hopes of a digital reading revolution; poll shows digital books use is lagging in Israel, but… Read More ›

Report: Ultra-Orthodox in Israel healthier, live longer

Report: Ultra-Orthodox in Israel healthier, live longer

Cities with a high concentration of the ultra-Orthodox have a higher life expectancy – as much as three years – than otherwise expected based on… Read More ›

Ambassador to US makes political point with settlement-made gifts

Ambassador to US makes political point with settlement-made gifts

Ron Dermer counters BDS by sending items made in West Bank as embassy’s annual holiday gift. Israel’s ambassador to the United States used the embassy’s… Read More ›

Jewish terrorist suspects’ families demand inquiry into torture claims

Jewish terrorist suspects’ families demand inquiry into torture claims

Channel 10 publishes video of right-wing extremists stabbing photo of slain Palestinian toddler at wedding.   Te parents of Jewish terrorist suspects called on Wednesday… Read More ›

Hamas fears Gaza blockade won’t be lifted in Israel-Turkey rapprochement

Hamas fears Gaza blockade won’t be lifted in Israel-Turkey rapprochement

Hamas’s biggest fear is that Turkey and Israel resume their security and military cooperation, which will result in restricting Hamas activities in Turkey.    … Read More ›

US Jewish groups condemn professor’s use of yellow stars to fight Islamophobia

US Jewish groups condemn professor’s use of yellow stars to fight Islamophobia

“Muslim” written on Islamic crescent-shaped symbols.   An Iranian American academic’s initiative to combat Islamophobia through the use of yellow Stars of David marked with… Read More ›

Bringing them together: Intimacy and Eroticism

Bringing them together: Intimacy and Eroticism

Bringing them together: Intimacy and Eroticism Marital and sex therapists often speak about the intriguing dynamics between intimacy and eroticism. Superficially, these two terms seem… Read More ›

A look inside the evolving face of ISIS

A look inside the evolving face of ISIS

Kurdish security experts and commanders describe how terrorists have changed tactics over the last year.   ERBIL, Kurdistan region, Iraq – On December 16, Islamic… Read More ›

Pita, hummus, and a side of politics in the Netherlands

Pita, hummus, and a side of politics in the Netherlands

A Jew from Tel Aviv and an Arab-Israeli from Nazareth have opened the most controversial — and successful — hummus bar in the Haugue  … Read More ›

It’s looking a lot like 2015 will be the best year ever for US auto sales

It’s looking a lot like 2015 will be the best year ever for US auto sales

  In about two weeks, December 2015 US auto sales will be reported, and we’ll know whether the total tops the previous all-time high, set… Read More ›

New York City will offer its employees a generous benefit most companies in America do not

New York City will offer its employees a generous benefit most companies in America do not

  In the US, only 12% of employers offer paid parental leave, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. That number gets even smaller when… Read More ›

A rule tweak could dramatically shake up the next GOP debate

A rule tweak could dramatically shake up the next GOP debate

  As few as six candidates could stand on the main stage of the next Republican presidential debate, according to qualification rules released by the… Read More ›

France is Israel’s largest source of aliyah for 2nd straight year

France is Israel’s largest source of aliyah for 2nd straight year

7,328 French immigrants in 2015; Russia saw most dramatic increase in immigration, according to Jewish Agency figures   For the second consecutive year, France is… Read More ›